Category Archives: PDD

Professional Development Day

03.24.25

Professional Development Day and LEAGUE Luncheon

Spring 2025 Professional Development Day will be held tomorrow, March 25. Division/department heads have coordinated activities for their departments.

LEAGUE 2025 LLCC Foundation Catch the Wave.The LEAGUE Luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Union. All faculty and staff are invited to catch the wave and join the LEAGUE Committee for fabulous food, entertainment, games and prizes. The theme is surfing. Feel free to wear your favorite Hawaiian shirt or luau attire as long as it is appropriate for the workplace. And don’t forget to bring your decorated surfboard for people to vote on their favorite.

11.22.24

Ember’s Doggy DNA results

Ember on the table in front of a LLCC biology class.LLCC Biology Professor Dave Cox’s class conducted a doggy DNA test on Ember.

And the results are …
24% Chow Chow
14.3% Boxer
11.4% American Eskimo Dog
10.6% Australian Shepherd
8.7% Siberian Husky
6.9% Alaskan Malamute
4.4% Bulldog
19.7% Undefined breed

You can also see the results on LLCC Instagram stories.

11.07.24

Give feedback on Professional Development Day

Staff — To aid in the development of future Professional Development Day programming, HR asks that you complete the Fall 2024 LLCC Professional Development Day Feedback Survey. We strive to provide content that is of value to staff, and your input is invaluable to ensuring that you are getting the training and development opportunities you need and want.  Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Faculty — Please take a few minutes to complete AIeL’s LLCC PDD feedback survey. Your feedback is very important and will be used to plan future professional development programming. AIeL would like to especially thank those faculty and staff who volunteered some of their time today to share their knowledge with colleagues. Your contributions to this day did not go unnoticed and are greatly appreciated. Thank you!

11.05.24

Professional Development Day Schedule for today

Fall 2024 Professional Development Day happens today. An overview of the staff professional development day activities can be found on the HR portal.

Please note one schedule change that is not reflected in the schedule-at-a-glance. Due to the weather, there will be a slight change to the schedule. “Birds of a Feather: Bridging the Student Perception Gap between Field Research and Biotech Lab Experience” at 1-1:50 p.m., with Tony Rothering and Stacey Olson, will move indoors to Sangamon 1133. The 2-2:50 p.m. time for this session has been cancelled.

Professional Development Day Schedule

  • 8:15-9:45 a.m. – Concurrent sessions
  • 10 – 11:30 a.m. – Concurrent sessions
  • 11:30-12:45 p.m. – Catered lunch by Human Resources in the Student Union, “Using Ture Colors Personality Assessment in the Workplace,” with Bryan Goers
  • 1-1:50 p.m. – Concurrent sessions
  • 2-2:50 p.m. – Concurrent sessions
  • 3-3:30 p.m. – Ice cream social provided by Human Resources in A. Lincoln Commons
  • 3-4:30 p.m. – Concurrent sesssions

Continued Faculty Schedule

  • 4:40-5:30 p.m. – Canvas spotlight: 10 minute mini-sesssions on various functions in Canvas; move from room to room as you wish
  • 5:30-6 p.m. – Boxed dinner for faculty, provided by AIeL. Pick up in the Student Union
  • 6-8 p.m. – Academic department programming